Month: September 2025

Mayhem by the Great Lakes: Gaga Brings Mayhem Tour to Chicago
Arts & Entertainment

Mayhem by the Great Lakes: Gaga Brings Mayhem Tour to Chicago

By Quinn Smalley  Lady Gaga performing at the Mayhem Ball Tour at United Center in Chicago on Sept.15 Is it 2008 again? Lately it seems as though the millennial pop divas of the late 2000s and early 2010s are having career second winds. One of them being Lady Gaga, who released one of the most well received albums of the year, “Mayhem.” An album so good she made the world forget about the Joker 2 film the year before. Then, Kesha released her first effort without Dr. Luke called  “.”, Marina and the Diamonds dropped the Diamonds and released her long awaited comeback album “Princess of Power”, Rihanna is rumored to be returning to music later this year and Katy Perry’s Lifetimes Tour has been doing well. It’s an exciting time for pop music fans, especially if you’re a l...
As Alive as You Need Them to Be: Nine Inch Nails Perform in Arizona Days Before New Album
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As Alive as You Need Them to Be: Nine Inch Nails Perform in Arizona Days Before New Album

By Rory Archer Nine Inch Nails' Josh Freese seen playing a live drum solo on the main stage’s screen projection as the rest of the band exits the B Stage. PHOENIX —It's been an exciting time for anyone in the industrial metal-rock scene. Nine Inch Nails and opening act Boys Noize finished up their Peel It Back tour with a show in Phoenix on Tuesday, Sept. 16, before their final two Los Angeles shows later in the week. It's the first time the band has toured in three years—and the first time in Arizona since September 2018, during their Cold and Black and Infinite tour. Last Friday, the final day of the tour, marked the release of the band's latest album, the soundtrack for the upcoming film “Tron: ARES”. This is the second soundtrack album they've released under the Nine Inch ...